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CVE-2018-1000118

N/A
Published: March 7, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:32 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorElectron

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Github Electron version Electron 1.8.2-beta.4 and earlier contains a Command Injection vulnerability in Protocol Handler that can result in command execute. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim opening an electron protocol handler in their browser. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in Electron 1.8.2-beta.5. This issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-1000006, specifically the black list used was not case insensitive allowing an attacker to potentially bypass it.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://electronjs.org/releases#1.8.2-beta.5
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/ce361a12e355f9e1e99c989f1ea056c9e502dbe7

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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